Category: ASC News

In 2022, more than 50 million U.S. workers left their jobs, the highest number since the government started keeping track in 2000, leading economists to coin the term “the great resignation,” according to a May 19 report from CNBC.

Six healthcare leaders recently joined Becker’s to discuss the biggest disruptors concerning physicians. 

Pay among four of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s top executives took a dip in 2020 but bounced back — and then some — in the last two years.

Brian Gullett, DO, was sentenced to six months of prison for illegal opioid prescription, the Justice Department said May 25. 

The CDC is currently collaborating with the Mexican Ministry of Health and U.S. state and local health departments to investigate an outbreak of fungal meningitis among patients who had surgical procedures under epidural anesthesia at River Side Surgic…

UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and Centene are three of the largest healthcare payers in the U.S. 

Internal medicine specialists take on the most side gigs outside of their primary work position, while plastic surgeons take on the fewest, according to 2023 physician compensation reports from Medscape based on survey data from more than 10,000 physic…

With summer around the corner, and physicians looking to take advantage of time off for vacations, Forbes has named the top 10 beaches in the U.S. to visit in 2023. 

Physicians earned 3.8 percent more on average in 2022 than in 2021, according to Medscape’s 2023 “Physician Compensation Report.” 

Here are 11 important device and medication recalls since March 23 for health leaders to know: